Mark Hoppus Sues Over Bad Investment

Former Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus sued a father-and-son business Monday, alleging they pocketed his investment in a venture to install automated checkout machines at McDonald's restaurants.
The lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court says Ed and Jeff Mitchell lined their pockets "to the tune of over $1.5 million." It alleges their company Missicom LLC of San Diego does not have any contracts to install the machines to take orders and collect payments at McDonald's or anywhere else.
Hoppus, currently a member of the pop-punk band Plus-44, invested $600,000 in Missicom in October 2003, according to the complaint.
The lawsuit says the Mitchells raised nearly $3.4 million and solicited millions of dollars from "prominent, well-known figures."
Hoppus' attorney, Howard King, said in a news release that other investors included golfer Phil Mickelson and former Blink-182 members Tom Delonge and Travis Barker. After Blink-182 disbanded, Hoppus and Barker formed Plus-44.
Read more at News.yahoo.com.

Hes suing because Missicom asked for an investment from these people on the grounds that they were putting these machines in the mcdonalds, but they never even had contracts with mcdonalds and just pocketed the investment money

wlcm2themachine wrote:
Hes suing because Missicom asked for an investment from these people on the grounds that they were putting these machines in the mcdonalds, but they never even had contracts with mcdonalds and just pocketed the investment money